Handwritten bottom of original, as caption: “Wha for !”
Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “1912 New Year prank 1912. Horowhenua Historical Society.
“Outhouse” at the Oxford Street and Queen Street intersection, 1912. The moving of the outhouse to this site was a New Year’s Eve prank. The centre of the intersection is marked by a lamp standard. Caption on photograph reads: “Wha for!”. In the background are a group of people in Queen Street and the Post Office. Photograph was taken New Year’s Day morning, 1 January, 1912.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
See also 2000.575.0001 (original postcard & news article), 2000.018.0169 and 2000.018.0171
Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”
